قلمبك

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Ultimately reportedly from the name of an island in the Indian Ocean. Compare French calambac, calambouc, Spanish calambac, Portuguese calambá, calambaque, Italian calambà, calambucco, Venetian canabuco, all ultimately from Malay kalambaq. For sense 2 compare Albanian kallamboq, Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călambuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi.

Noun

قلمبك • (kalembek)

Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) or agarwood (Aquilaria malaccensis)
corn
Synonym: مصر (mısr)

Descendants

Turkish: kalembek
→ Romanian: calembec

Proper noun

قلمبك • (kalembek)

An island in the Indian Ocean

References

Kélékian, Diran (1911) “قلمبك”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 969b
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قلمبك”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1470b
Karapetean, Petros Zēkʻi (1912) “قلمبك”, in Mec baṙaran ōsmanerēnē hayerēn [Great Ottoman–Armenian Dictionary], Constantinople: Aršak Karōean, page 631a

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